A rare case modafinil dependence

Modafinil, a non-amphetamine psychostimulant, is indicated for narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder and severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Modafinil is prescribed at the dose of 100 mg once in a day or as two doses, 12 h apart in a day. It has also been found that it reduces cocaine dependenc...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Krishnan, Raman, Chary, Krishnan Vengadaragava
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4319252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709356
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.149149
_version_ 1782355931224342528
author Krishnan, Raman
Chary, Krishnan Vengadaragava
author_facet Krishnan, Raman
Chary, Krishnan Vengadaragava
author_sort Krishnan, Raman
collection PubMed
description Modafinil, a non-amphetamine psychostimulant, is indicated for narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder and severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Modafinil is prescribed at the dose of 100 mg once in a day or as two doses, 12 h apart in a day. It has also been found that it reduces cocaine dependence and withdrawal phenomenon. Modafinil is claimed to have very low liability for abuse and dependence. Here we report a rare case of modafinil dependence.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4319252
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-43192522015-02-23 A rare case modafinil dependence Krishnan, Raman Chary, Krishnan Vengadaragava J Pharmacol Pharmacother Case Report Modafinil, a non-amphetamine psychostimulant, is indicated for narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder and severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Modafinil is prescribed at the dose of 100 mg once in a day or as two doses, 12 h apart in a day. It has also been found that it reduces cocaine dependence and withdrawal phenomenon. Modafinil is claimed to have very low liability for abuse and dependence. Here we report a rare case of modafinil dependence. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4319252/ /pubmed/25709356 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.149149 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Krishnan, Raman
Chary, Krishnan Vengadaragava
A rare case modafinil dependence
title A rare case modafinil dependence
title_full A rare case modafinil dependence
title_fullStr A rare case modafinil dependence
title_full_unstemmed A rare case modafinil dependence
title_short A rare case modafinil dependence
title_sort rare case modafinil dependence
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4319252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709356
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.149149
work_keys_str_mv AT krishnanraman ararecasemodafinildependence
AT charykrishnanvengadaragava ararecasemodafinildependence
AT krishnanraman rarecasemodafinildependence
AT charykrishnanvengadaragava rarecasemodafinildependence

Ejemplares similares